The world of sport is unforgiving. And don't forgive any road trip. Even less when it comes to a man who has just spent a month in prison. On the side of EA Sports and Fifa 20, we do not skimp with ethics. Incarcerated in Paraguay for more than a month and under house arrest Tuesday after a court ruling, Ronaldinho could disappear from the radars of the famous football game. In any case, this is what the Argentinian media, Olé, has announced. The American firm plans to remove the four "icons" of the Brazilian, world football star with Paris SG, Barcelona and selection in the 2000s.
A sanction that should not move the former idol of the Parc des Princes, as his troubles with the law have monopolized his daily life in recent weeks. This decision, if it is formalized by EA Sports, will not fail to touch the fans of "Ronnie". As a reminder, the US firm had already done the same with Marco van Basten following his allusions to Nazism. Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, known as Ronaldinho, and his brother Roberto were arrested on March 6 in Asuncion, accused of entering Paraguay in possession of false passports. The two men had arrived two days earlier in the Paraguayan capital to promote a book and participate in various charitable operations. They have since been in pre-trial detention in a police station, where the 2005 Ballon d'Or celebrated its 40th birthday on March 21.
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Brazilian justice had deprived Ronaldinho of a passport at the end of 2018, after being fined $ 2.5 million (about 2.25 million euros), which he had not paid, for having built a jetty without authorization at the edge of a lake in a protected area. He finally recovered it in 2019 after an agreement with the justice system, in return for a payment of 6 million reais (1.1 million euros). Fifteen people, including entrepreneurs, police and civil servants, are in the crosshairs of the Paraguayan justice in the context of this case.
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